Microsoft is trying to buy yahoo, it would be more of a big partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft. Microsoft cannot tackle google by itself, so they are trying to convience Yahoo that they have a better chance if they tackle the world leading search engine together.
$44.6billion is alot of money!!
Do you guys think than anyone is capable of even making a good attempt at competing with google?? Google is way ahead, by some great distance, beyond any search engine out there, but will anyone really catch google, or even be as sucessful as google?
If you want to read more here is the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626?GT1=10856